iPhone Apps: Game Over for 3rd-Party Twitter Apps?
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If you have an iPhone and have a Twitter account, chances are you have some sort of 3rd-party Twitter client installed on your device. For those who do not know, Twitter is a micro-blog platform where users can ‘tweet’ about anything and everything with friends following the conversation (if you can even call it one [...]
Google Buzz: Official Buttons and Widgets
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If you have been active on Google Buzz, amassed an astonishing number of followers on Buzz or have implemented Buzz widgets since day one, 13th April 2010 is an important day for you. Google officially announce the support for Buzz buttons posting directly to your Buzz account instead of Google Reader. Since Gmail accounts outnumber [...]
iPhone Apps: Opera Mini Web Browser for iPhone
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Didn’t quite see this one coming but good news for Opera fans. Opera Mini for iPhone is now available. If you find the native Safari web browser shipped with the iPhone lacking in the tab browsing area, you can download v5.0 of the Opera Mini web browser for mobile devices on the iTunes App Store. [...]
WordPress SEO: Tweaking SEO for WordPress Part 3 – Sitemaps, Alexa Rankings, Google Analytics, SEO Book and WebCEO
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This is Part 3 of 3 in the Tweaking SEO for WordPress Series
Contrary to what SEO agents, consultants and similar companies would tell you, there are a number of free tools online at your disposable in tweaking the SEO for your site. The good news is such tools are not just built for use with [...]
WordPress SEO: Tweaking SEO for WordPress Part 2 – DomainTools SEO Text Browser
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This is Part 2 of 3 in the Tweaking SEO for WordPress Series
In the previous related post, we looked at how using SEO plugins for WordPress like the All in One SEO plugin allows bloggers to tweak their SEO settings. In this post, we will look at how google bots or any other search engine [...]
My Pocket Web: Is Your Site Mobile Ready? – WPtouch for WordPress
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One quick question. How mobile is your site? Sure it is mobile enough that you do not need to carry it around. As long as you have a WiFi, EDGE, 3G connection, it should not be that difficult to visit your site is it? Well, think again.
Although most of us still surf the web today [...]
Socialize This: Google Buzz takes on Twitter and Facebook
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If social media applications like Twitter and Facebook are things you cannot live without on a daily basis, Google Buzz might already have you excited and hopping around the house. If you have not yet heard of it, then you should not be calling yourself a social media freak.
There is a lot of talk out [...]
IE Must Die, Is Dead: Google to phase out support for IE6
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I should feel dumb for asking a silly question like this but I will not because there are dumber idiots out there. Seriously, how many of you folks still use IE6 (Microsoft Internet Explorer 6) till today? The only chaps I know who use IE6 are those who are in government service or work in [...]
Removing the TrojanDownloader: Win32/Renos.JM
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Alas, even the prudent tech savvy me has succumbed to being infected by this elusive and persistent malware. Silly me downloaded an executable file yesterday evening, did a simple ‘Scan for virus’ using the right-click context menu. Kaspersky reported no virus found and proceeded to launch the file. As I waited 2 seconds for a [...]
Apple iPad: An overhyped tampon?
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It has been a couple of days since Apple launched its latest product the Apple iPad. I am still however struggling to understand the rational of the product. According to Steve Jobs, the iPad is supposed to fill the gap between the mobile laptop and mobile phone. Something Steve claims the Netbook have not been [...]
WordPress SEO: WordPress Traffic Getting SEO Plugins by nimopress
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Quite awhile back, I posted an entry on improving your WordPress SEO by installing the Traffic Getting SEO Plugin by Jeff Johnson. The one thing that I find really distasteful is by installing the dodgy plugin from Jeff, he actually creates a link on your ‘Blogroll’ from your blog back to his site promoting his [...]
Battle of the Smart Phones: Nexus One a clear winner?
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In recent months, we have seen the launch of more and more smart phones. For a long time now, Research in Motion (RIM) has created a certain niche in the use of smart phones by corporates. RIM’s push mail will not be going away anytime soon and for the real corporate warrior, the BlackBerry remains [...]
Internet Explorer expected to lose another 50% of market share
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It is surprising to me somewhat that even till today, Internet Explorer (IE) continues to be the most used web browser with 62.69% market share. The open-source Firefox (FF) web browser by Mozilla was released on November 9, 2004. With v3.5.6 available to the public, Firefox now holds just shy of a quarter of the [...]
iPhone Apps: RoboForm Password Manager
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Here is 1 more free app on the iTunes Store before Christmas.
RoboForm is a Password Manager that works on Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and various other browsers. The great thing here is if you use different browsers on your computer when surfing the Internet, RoboForm is probably the way to go if you have [...]
Blog Building: Site Branding – iPhone custom bookmark icons and favicons
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Here is one small tip often overlooked by webmasters and bloggers, “think branding”.
No, we are not talking about big marketing budgets and PR events. Of course, if you had the budget for that, by all means. Yet for the small time blogger (myself inclusive) your online branding could mean the difference between return visits or [...]
WordPress: WordPress 2.9 Released
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I’m supprised the full released followed RC1 in just 2 days. I’m definitely not complaining here. Most notable new features that will come in very useful for me at least will be image editor, batch plugin upload and video embeds. Very sweet new features. The trash thing should have happened long ago. Still, I am [...]
My $11k fine from FTC for blogging about…
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First, it was Google. suspending and banning Adsense accounts of bloggers who wrote reviews for programs like PayPerPost. Now, 5 days ago, FTC published a new guideline requiring bloggers to disclose their connection or relationship with the said product or service. Blogs all over have been buzzing about the new FTC regulation the past week.
No, [...]
Google Wave invites
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I have 8 Google Wave invites remaining for now. Folks who will like an account during the preview stage, let me know. These invites usually go really fast so it’s on a first request first invite basis. For those who miss out on the first 8, I will send you an invite once Google frees [...]
Blog Building: Engaging Readers – Wibiya Toolbar
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It’s been 18 months since I last post Getting Started #2. A lot has happened and standards of social media has continued to progress. In this post, we will take a look at a old school gadget and adding a web 2.0 twist to it, a community toolbar. A community toolbar in simple sense allow [...]
Site Monetization: Advertisers and Publishers with LinkWorth
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In an earlier post here, I touched briefly upon LinkWorth. Following after the footsteps of Google AdSense, AdBrite, ADS-click, Kontera, Text Link Ads, Bidvertiser and many others, LinkWorth has more to offer and comes packed with all you can dream of to start making a decent income by monetizing your web site or blog.
Partners (publishers) [...]
Internet Browser: Firefox
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If you are still using Internet Explorer for your surfing and browsing on the internet, its time you switched over to Firefox. Firefox is an open source internet browser software that offers you high level of security from the dangers of the internet. Anyone switching over to Firefox from Internet Explorer will immediately notice to [...]
